He was so much exhausted, however, after this effort, that he asked for another piece of bread and more wine, and fell fast asleep the moment he had taken them.
The lord chamberlain sent in a rage for Dr Kelman.

He came, and while professing himself unable to understand the symptoms described by His Lordship, yet pledged himself again that on the morrow the king should do whatever was required of him.
The day went on.

When His Majesty was awake, the princess read to him--one storybook after another; and whatever she read, the king listened as if he had never heard anything so good before, making out in it the wisest meanings.

Every now and then he asked for a piece of bread and a little wine, and every time he ate and drank he slept, and every time he woke he seemed better than the last time.

The princess bearing her part, the loaf was eaten up and the flagon emptied before night.